Michael Gove go a bit hot under the collar yesterday morning according to Politics Home.  The pace of his academies programme has resulted in some critics branding him an "ideologue" presiding over a massive shake-up of education with little regard for the long-term consequences.

In a speech at Habersashers' Aske's Hatchem College, he refuted this charge in the strongest possible terms.  He argued that it's local authorities who "stand in the way" of reform, not him, who are the ideologues.  He said that their opposition reflected "the bigoted backward bankrupt ideology of a left wing establishment that perpetuates division and denies opportunity".